One Block Wonder, Take Two

I went to my LQS last week and borrowed their die cutter to cut the pieces for my next one block wonder quilt.  I started sewing them together Friday.  I have about half of the medallions ready.

 

I like the way some of them look like stars,

 

snowflakes,

 

 

spirals,

 

and some are circles.

 

 

I chose this fabric because it is more masculine than the usual floral I'd pick for a one block wonder.  The olive green and khaki make me think of camo.  To see more design walls:

http://www.patchworktimes.com/2013/05/20/design-wall-monday-16/

 

 

Stash Report

I made 2 graduation pillowcases this week.  One is for the young lady who is getting the Harry Potter quilt.  I'm going to wrap it up somehow in this pillow case.

 

The other one is for one of my sons.  The oldest should graduate from college in December, and the middle one next May.  The following June, child number three will graduate from high school.

 

I bought a couple more yards of

 

because I anticipate making more graduation pillowcases soon, and the fabric was 30% off.  I also got a free yard of yellow with white polka dots on it for using my  frequent customers card at my LQS. I'm still in positive net used territory, but I feel myself slipping.  Gotta finish something and improve my numbers.

                                                           Used this Week: 2.0

Used Year to Date: 41.5 yards

Added this week: 3.5  yards

Added year to date: 39.75 yards

Net Used: 1.75  yards

 

To see more stash reports:  http://www.patchworktimes.com/2013/05/19/stash-report-week-20-2013/

Look What I Won!

I entered a give away a couple of weeks ago on Rhonda's blog and I won!  I used to enter every give away on every blog I read, and I never won anything.  Now I only enter one or two a month when I really like something, and I was lucky enough this time to win Rhonda's  rhino mug rug.

 

The workmanship is very good, and there is a lot of detail.  She has given away a few mug rugs, so go over to her blog and  and take a look.  Scroll down to see the latest one she has, a tropical fish.  I won't be greedy and enter  to win again, but I really like this one too.  Thanks, Rhonda!

 

http://ravelly1-quiltzblog.blogspot.com/

 

This is the second rhino we have in our house.  Here's a pic of my son's art project.  He had to copy the work of an old master.  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D%C3%BCrer's_Rhinoceros

 

 

 

 

Spiderweb

I'm entering my first spiderweb quilt into Amy's Creative Side Blogger's Quilt Festival.  http://amyscreativeside.com/2013/05/17/bloggers-quilt-festival-spring-2013/  I'm linking mine to the scrap quilting post.

This spiderweb quilt is the first quilt I kept for myself.  I used Bonnie Hunter's directions. The blocks take longer than you would think to piece.  This quilt is a time capsule of my first 2 years of quilting. 

 

 

 

There is a lot of pink and orange in this quilt because I'd just finished Mark's orange and black quilt and Kathryn's pink nine patch.  I see scraps from a Thimbleberries quilt, a Christmas quilt, a bag I made for a friend, and many other projects. 

 

Even the flannel back is scrappy.  Most of the backing was a gift from my friend Holly.

 

 

This quilt stays in the family room most of the year.  We have other quilts downstairs, but this is the one I like the most.

 

Sleepy Hollow, week 2

My goal was to work at least 2 hours on this piece, and I'm not keeping close track of my hours, but I know it was at least 2 this week, probably double that.  Sleepy Hollow went from:

 to this:

 

 

I'm still stuck in the gray, off white, ecru, tan part, but I hope to get to the black next week.

 

Needle Turn Applique Is Not For Me

Here's an old baby quilt top I unearthed this week.  It is made almost entirely from fabric given to me by my friend Holly.  I like to try something new with every quilt.  This quilt was my first attempt at needle turn applique.  I like the way it turned out, but not enough to do it again. (Lazy, I know).  I feel like I gave it a good shot since I did 3 fish and all the bubbles that way. If I'm going to stitch by hand, I'd rather cross stitch.

This quilt is 'Fish and Bubbles' from 'Lots of Scraps It's Time to Quilt' by Jeanne Stauffer and Sandra L. Hatch.  My quilt is scrappier than theirs.  I didn't have enough of any one blue to do the outside border, so I substituted a piano key border from scraps.   I like the colors, and  I like the way the batiks look in this quilt. 

 

 

 I've got a lot of time invested in this quilt, so it has to be a special baby that gets this one.

Stash Report

 

 

I wasn't sure about all the yellow in this baby quilt, but I got so many nice comments last week, that I'm going to leave it as is and consider it done.  One and a half yards of scraps used!  Unfortunately, you can't tell from my scrap bins that I used any at all.  I'll need to make a few more baby quilts to see any difference.

 

 

                                                            Used This Week: 1.5 yards

Used Year to Date: 39.5 yards

Added this week: 0 yards

Added year to date: 36.25 yards

Net Used: 3.25  yards

 

To see more stash reports: http://www.patchworktimes.com/2013/05/12/stash-report-week-19-2013/

 

I've seen a lot of people posting pictures of their messy sewing spaces, so I thought I'd show you my son's room.  He just got home from college, and, yes, he really does sleep in this room.  He is upstairs trying to organize his stuff for his next move.